The phones will be open for your reactions to President Obama's State of the Union address. And hear reaction from The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, columnist Ruben Navarette, and U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk. Plus: WNYC's Bob Hennelly on allegations against Senator Bob Menendez; and the director of "The Gatekeepers."

On today’s show: Leonard’s brother Phillip Lopate talks about his two new books—one is advice to writers and professors, the other is a collection of his personal essays called Portrait Inside My Head. Country music superstars Vince Gill and Doug Green discuss their Western swing band called The Time Jumpers. Manil Suri on his latest novel, The City of Devi, which is set in Mumbai. Plus, our gurus of how-to, Alvin and Lawrence Ubell, are here to take calls and questions about home repair!

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